Prosecutors have ordered technical analyses of the nearly 22 kilos of gold confiscated in November at Silvio Pettirossi Airport, with support from Brazilian Federal Police geologists, to verify whether the metal was extracted from deposits in Paso Yobái, Guairá. Three people have been charged with smuggling and criminal association.
Francisco Cabrera
Fiscal paraguayo que participa en la investigación por tráfico ilegal de oro.
The former head of the Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad), Óscar Boidanich, went on trial this Wednesday on charges of deliberately delaying an intelligence report on Brazilian money exchanger Darío Messer, described as a 'soul brother' of former president Horacio Cartes. Prosecutors say the ten-month delay prevented the seizure of illicitly obtained assets.